Watin - how to test site with popup pages

Question

I'm using WatiN (Web Application Testing in .Net) to do integration testing on a Dynamics CRM 4.0 website. CRM uses a lot of popup windows - eg clicking on a Contact in a list opens a new browser window with the Contact's details.

I want to test:

login to CRM (done)
go to the Contact list (done)
click on an Contact, thus trigger the popup (done)
test functionality within the Contact entity/form (can't do)

So I need to get hold of the popped up window. How?

Thanks.

I don't suppose complaining about bad user experience is an option? I don't expect you'll get far down that road though... ;-) — RBerteig, Mar 18 '09 at 07:34

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 18 '09 at 08:45

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//after the click that opens the popup:    
IE iepopup_1 = IE.AttachToIE(Find.ByUrl(theUrlOfThePopup));
//operate on iepopup_1

answered Mar 18 '09 at 08:45

eglasius

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score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 17 '10 at 14:22

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Syntax has changed slightly in newest version of WatiN (v2.0.20.1089), is now:

IE poppedUpBrowser = IE.AttachTo<IE>(Find.ByUrl("http://www.popped-up-site.co.uk/"));

answered Dec 17 '10 at 14:22

stephen

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 15 '11 at 17:22

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Maybe searching for only part of the URL would solve it. This can be done using regular expressions:

System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex popupHiddenRegEx = new System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex("part_Of_URL");
IE poppedUpBrowser = IE.AttachTo<IE>(Find.ByUrl(popupHiddenRegEx));

edited Dec 15 '11 at 17:22

answered Feb 15 '11 at 19:56

Rodrigo Carvalho

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Watin - how to test site with popup pages

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